CONTEMPLATING WAR AND ITS UNCERTAINTIES - U.S. ASSESSES THE RISKS OF CONFLICT BY DAVID E. SANGER AND THOM SHANKER CENTERS OF OLDEST HUMAN HISTORY MAY BE THREATENED BY JOHN NOBLE WILFORD WORLD TRENDS - ANIMAL LIFE AMERICANA - COZY ON ICE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - SPACE DEBRIS DANGER CARNIVAL IN RIO DANCING TO A MORE COMMERCIAL BEAT BY LARRY ROHTER.

ON BOTH SIDES, COOL TALK OF WAR U.S. AND IRAQ FORESEE THE BATTLE OF BAGHDAD BY MICHAEL R. GORDON ON TV, SADDAM HUSSEIN SHOWS HE IS IN CHARGE BY NEIL MAC FARQUHAR WORLD TRENDS - LOST HOPES SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY - DNA DAN'S STORY EVEN THE WELL-ENDOWED NEED A PAWN SHOP.

WE ARE HOME - A TURK IN GERMANY - OUTSIDERS MAKE THEIR MARK IN ARTS WORLD BY FITZGERALDA SIKH IN FRANCE - DHRAMVIR SINGHA YOUTH IS THOROUGHLY FRENCH - AND COMMITTED TO HIS TURBAN BY ELAINE SCIOLINOFINDING MEANING IN HIS LEBANESE ROOTS BY L. CLEMETSONLAND SQUATTERSOPTIMIST IN IRAQFIRE AS TEACHERBETTING ON BEEF

THE WAR OVER IRAQPOWELL STRAYS FROM THE SCRIPT AGAIN BY STEVENSONLEADERS SOUGHT A THREAT. SPIES MAY BE BLAMED BY P. TYLERIN POLLUTED WATERS OF FRIGID BEIJING - A SECRET TO HEALTH BY JIM YARDLEYJUST PRESS PLAY - BRITNEY SPEARS

THE WORK OF REVOLUTIONMAOISTS USE AN OLD TACTIC - PROMISES TO ENTICE POOR BY WALDMANVIOLENCE DERAILS STRUGGLE FOR JOBS AND STABILITY BY BANERJEE AND JOHN H. CUSHMAN JR.FORMER MARXIST REBELS SEEK A PROFITABLE PEACE BY JUAN FOREROMEL GIBSON - PASSIONBUGS AS LEVIATHANSMEDICAL CRISIS

STEALING HISTORY - AN ARTIFACT'S ILLICIT JOURNEY OUT OF EGYPT AND BACK - BARRY MEIER AND MARTIN GOTTLIEBTHE NEW PUNKS - YOUNG PIERCED AND UPSCALE BY H. STAPINSKISIGNS OF LIFE - IRAQ'S MARSHES - DRAINED BY SADDAM HUSSEINTHE AND OF IT ALLTHEY LOVE NEW YORK

TOWARD A NEW IRAQ - THE UNEASY MELDING OF ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY BY SUSAN SACHSAS US HOLDS THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS - FRACTURED FAMILIES BEG FOR NEWS BY GETTLEMANTHE MEASURE OF PAIN - WHO IS HURTING WHOM A DIFFERENCE BY D. SMITHA VATICAN MILESTONE - JOHN PAUL IIFLORIDA'S URBAN JUNGLE

A YEAR OF WOUNDS AND ANGER - IRAQIS IN HARM'S WAY - CASH AND AN APOLOGY BYA GREATER DIVIDE BETWEEN EUROPE AND UNITED STATES BY SCHNEIDERBUSH'S CAMPAIGN PAINTS HIM AS WAR LEADER BY STEVENSON AND NAGOURNEYHARD LIFE OF HAITIANSIT'S SEXY TO SAY NOGIVING BACK TO PATIENTS

UNDER IRON RULE - WHISPERS OF REFORM - SAUDI RULERS BOAST OF NEW OPENNESS - THEN ARREST THOSE WHO QUESTION IT BY E. RUBIN - HUSSEIN'S FALL STIRS CHANGE IN SYRIA BY NEIL MAC FARQUHARA WORD TO STOIC FINNS - FOR YOUR OWN GOOD - SHOUT OUT YOUR ANGER BY L. ALVAREZTAKING STOCK OF TERRORLOW RENT - HIGH LIVING

FINDING THE FAULT LINESPOLITICAL REALITY INTRUDES ON BUSH'S PRIVACY GOALS BY DAVID E. SANGERA CULTURE OF SHIFTING BLAME TAKES ROOT N US POLITICS BY M. ORESKESIN LIMA - PERU'SRICH AND FAMOUS SURRENDER TO THE CALL OF THE WAVES BY FOREROSECURING WORLD PORTSTRAFFICKING IN CADAVERS

AMERICA TRIES TO WIN FRIENDS IN AFGHANSTAN - TROOPS OFFER AID TO WARY VILLAGERS BY DAVID ROHDEKARZAI DISPATHES ARMY TO WESTERN PROVINCE AND ITS UNRULY WARLORD BY GALLA FOREST MONK STEPS INTO THE NEW YORK JUNGLE AND LEARNS A LESSON BY BARRYNEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN - KENYANIRAQ'S HISTORY UNDER SIEGE

FEARS OF A RETURN TO IRAQI BATTLES ONCE WON - POLITICS LAG BEHIND PACE OF FIGHTING BY SHANKERFOR BUSH TEAM - A SHIFT TO A MORE CAUTIOUS FOREIGN POLICY BY MANNLETTERS ALLOW LOVE TO PEEK THROUGH ELDER JAPAN'S CURTAIN OF RESERVETESTING THE PEACEKEEPERS - MILITIAS IN CONGO THE HERRING CRUNCH

TURNING RELIGIOUS ZEAL INTO LETHAL POWER - ON QUIZ SHOW ARAB CONTESTANTS AIM FOR JERUSALEM BY NEIL MAC FARQUHAR - REBELLIOUS SHIITE CLERIC TEACHES ELDERS A GUN BARREL'S VALUE BY WONGFOR THE SUPER WEALTHY IN A HURRY A BOAT THAT CAN GET THEM THERE BY BRUNIGLAMOROUS GADGETS

RAGE AT U.S. SPURS CALLS FOR JIHAD IN EUROPE BY P. TYLER AND DON VAN NATTA JR.A COMMON CULTURE IS BINDING EUROPEANS EVER CLOSER BY RIDINGGILFRIEND'S DIARY REVEALS EINSTEIN IN HIS LAST YEARS BY OVERBYAFRICA'S RIVER OF HOPEANCIENT SHIPS - UNDERSEA

THE POLITICAL CALCULUS OF TERRORISMA BROADWAY MUSICAL WITH UNEASY OF 9 - 11 BY RICHDINOSAUR FUN FOR CHRISTIANS WHO BELIEVE THE BIBLE - NOT DARWIN BY GOODNOUGHGROWING PAINS - AS RESORTS AND FACTORIES DISPLACE FARMS - CHINA STRUGGLES WITH HOW TO FEED ITS PEOPLEWAR ON ASPARAGUS

POWER AND FEAR - WHY TORTURE LURES - AND FAILS BY JAMES GLANZBETWEEN EVIL AND MORAL A FINE LINE BY JOHN SCHWARTZMISTREATMENT OFPRISONERS IN US IS CALLED ROUTINE BY FOX BUTTERFIELDNIGHTMARE IN HAITIPRAYING FOR RAINFROM WHIMSY TO WAR

WHERE LIFE IS DIRE - GRIM TACTICS OF SURVIVAL - TRACING A KIDNEY'S PATH OFPOVERTY AND HOPE BY LARRY ROHTERWHEN FOOD IS NOT AN OPTION - LEATHER SOUP - DIRT BISCUITS AND BUGS WILL DO BY MCNEIL JR.SHOULD YOU GREET WITH THE TIGER CLAW OR THE 1-4-5 - CHECK YOUR ADDRESS BY COLIN MOYNIHANBIOTECH DERAILEDCAMPAIGN 2004 - LATEST FROM THE TRAIL - KERRY - BUSH

YEARNING TO CROSS THE LINE OF PRIVILEGE - NAOMI CAMPBELLWHEN CELEBRITIES MINGLES - MANNERS ARE OFTEN OPTINAL BY SCALESCANDIDATES JUST LIKE YOU - ONLY MUCH - MUCH RICHER BY TONER -BRITAIN'S ONCE STIFF UPPER LIP IS BEING TWISTED INTO A SNARL BY LYALLCHALLENGING POWERPOINTS OF TRANSITION

DIVIDED AND ADRIFTA WALL PROMISES SECURITY - BUT LEAVES HOPE BEHIND BY COHEN -WEARY PALESTINIANS STRGGLE TO FIND A PATH TO THE FUTURE BY JAMES BENNETBOYCOTT AIMS TO QUELL THE CALLS OF A NATION OF CALLPHONE ADDICTS BY MAC FARQUHARJIHAD DREAMS - ABU MUSAB AL-ZARQAWIAMERICAN CAMPAIGN

DAYS OF ANGER AND ADMIRATION - OF BUSH'S PROMISES - SOME WERE FULFILLED - AND SOME THWARTED BY ED. ANDREWS AND TONERDEMOCRATS ARE URGING KERRY TO SHARPEN ATTACKS BY HALBFINGER AND WILGORENA CHAMPION OF THE ACCORDIAN PUSHES IT WAY BEYOND POLKAS BY KOZINNSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - LIFE-GIVING CELLSBY THE THROAT - BJORK

MEDITATING ON THE COSTS OF SUCCESS - WORKERS FEEL THE EFFECTS AS JOB STRESS INTENSIFIES BY SCHWARTZIS YOGA CLASS GOOD FOR EMPLOYEES BY CAREYTWIN TOWERS STILL STAND FOR NEW YORK CITY BY DUNLAPRED STAR RISING - CHINATHE HUNT FOR VOTERS

THE DIGITAL CROWD FINDS NEW CHARM IN OLD TECHNOLOGY BY CHUNGWEIGHING FACTORS THAT WILL DECIDE A TIGHT ELECTION - JIM RUTENBERGVOTER DRIVES GAIN THE AVID ATTENTION OF YOUTH IN 2004 BY EGANHUNTING FOR FUNGILIMITS OF SACRIFICE - VIETNAMTOXIC RIVERS - CHINE

FOR U.S. AND IRAQ - A WEB OF DEATH AND POLITICS BY D. E. SANGERIRAQIS WORKING FOR AMERICANS MAY PAY WITH THEIR LIVES BY TAVERNISEREAL MEN DON'T VACUUM - OR DO THEY BY D. G. MCNEIL JR.ATROCITY AMNESIA - JAPANESE AND MANCHURIATHONG FATIGUE - STYLE

A DISQUIETING WAR AGAINST GANGSTERS BY THOMPSONGOT A BEARD - WELL DON'T BOTHER RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY JAMIE MALANOWSKIWORLD TRENDS - EXIT WOUNDSCAMPAIGN 2004 - VOTERS AND POLITICIANS - KERRYSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - WORLDS ENOUGH

A DEBATE OF BIG ISSUES - BUT LITTL MEANING - IRAQ AND TERRORISM ECLIPSE ISSUES AT HOME THAT VOTERS CARE ABOUT BY APPLEBOMESATIRICAL APPROACH TO NEWS FINDS A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE BY ST-JOHNSPREADING GENES OF THE VIKINGS - WITHOUT BOATS BY ALVAREZARTS ANS STYLES - MELDING OF CULTURES

A LETHAL VIRUS STIRS FEARS OF A PANDEMIC BY BRADSHER AND L.K. ALTMAN WILD BIRDS ARE VICTIMS - NOT VECTORS OF DISEASE BY D.G. MCNEIL JR.GOATS AND GLORY FOR YOUNG KING - BUT NOT MUCH TIME FOR FRIENDS BY LACEYREDRAWING THE LINE - THE BUSH ADMINISTRATIONCAMPAIGN 2004 - TACTICS AN RIVALRIES